Rodarte for…the New York Public Library

Although the Brooklyn Book Festival—New York's largest free literary event—doesn't happen until Sunday, you can find satellite events happening all around the city starting today. Between now and the end of the weekend, Jay McInerney will be at City Winery, 3rd Ward is hosting a discussion titled "Marketing Literature in the Age of Gawker," and City Harvest will launch its first artisanal market with appearances by cookbook writers (and impressive chefs) Melissa Clark and Frank Castronovo, among others.

But if a week of runway shows has left you not quite ready for, say, the PEN American Center's literary pub quiz, consider stopping by the New York Public Library this afternoon for a book talk and signing by Kate and Laura Mulleavy.

The sisters Rodarte are celebrating the publication of Rodarte, Catherine Opie, Alec Soth, a monograph distributed by Artbook that explores their design work through the photographic work of Opie and Soth. Inside the book you'll find Opie's portraits of women you know (Jenny Shimizu, Riley Keough, Frankie Rayder) and don't now modeling pieces from the 2008-2010 seasons. Soth's photos were based off of the places in California that have had some impact on the Mulleavys, from Berkeley to Big Sur.

Copies of the book will be available for purchase, but you can also attend the free event if you're really dying to know why they were inspired by Vincent van Gogh for spring '12 or if Elle and Dakota Fanning fight like regular sisters when no one's looking.